By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — Quinn Hughes and Michael McCarron scored in the first 5:27 for Minnesota, and the Wild held on for a 5-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday.

Justin Sourdif scored the only goal for Washington in the dying seconds of the second period, but the Capitals' three-game winning streak came to an end during this visit by the Central Division-leading Wild.

Maxim Shabanov's power-play goal with 2:23 left in the third restored a two-goal margin, and Kirill Kaprizov added an empty-netter for his 500th career point and league-leading 15th goal of the season.